BIM Resources

Reference Guides Related to BIM

• BIM Guide Series by the US General Services Administration (GSA)
• Report on Interoperability by NIST
• General Building Information Handover Guide by NIST (NISTIR 7417)
• Integrated Practice Guide by AIA
• BIM Guide by the Association of General Contractors (AGC)
• US Army Corp of Engineers - BIM Roadmap

Links To Organizations Who Are Developing BIM Resources

• Computer Integrated Construction (CIC) Research Program (at Penn State): Includes technical reports related to BIM and Virtual Prototyping
• Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering (CIFE) (at Stanford): Includes technical reports related to BIM and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)
• Facility Information Council (developing National Building Information Modeling Standards)
• buildingSMART Alliance
• AEC Integration Laboratory (at GA Tech)
• AIA Integrated Practice
• General Services Administration: 3D/4D/BIM Program

Online Forums

• IFC - BIM Forum
• AGC BIMForum
• AIA Building Connections
• IFCwiki

Industry News Publications

• Engineering News Record
• AEC Cafe (daily newsletter)

Related Reference Libraries

• ITC Library

Legal Documents

• ConsesusDOCS - BIM Addendum
• AIA